Having just gotten into this show midway this season I can’t say whether or not they did a Christmas special last year, but this episode (season 2, episode 11) was just the right amount of Christmas cheer without inducing any vomit. There was also a bigger part by Howard and Raj, Penny and Leonard’s relationship was brought out again, and there was a lot of Sheldon in this episode but without making it Sheldon-centric.

We were able to see some more of Sheldon’s anti-social conformities again as we found out that he despises the act of gift giving. You see, when someone gives you a gift you are then obligated to return the favor and give them a gift of equal value. Penny didn’t know that Sheldon doesn’t do gifts for Christmas and got him something anyway. Sheldon then spends the rest of the episode hunting down the perfect sized basket of bath items. His reaction to her gift at the end is priceless – he even hugged her!

All I need is a healthy ovum and I can grow my own Leonard Nemoy!

You can watch a clip of this episode and all current episodes on Hulu by the way.